'Whatever the result on Friday morning, the Communist Party will continue to work with the left and the labour movement to emphasise the need for class politics in Scotland and across the rest of Britain', Anita Halpin told the party's political committee on the eve of the Scottish referendum vote.

Gennady Zyuganov is Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, which from the first days of the crisis in the Ukraine, has been organising political and material solidarity to the people of the east of the Ukraine. Read his in depth analysis of the crisis and its roots.

Thousands march for peace and justice in Gaza. The Communists issue a special edition of Unity available here. Read the Morning Star editorial which calls for a step-up of pressure on the British government to stop arming Israel.

John Haylett, experienced commentator on Middle East politics, outlines the reasons behind the current Israeli bombardment of the people of Gaza and the challenges facing the peoples of the region who struggle for peace and justice.

Britain should be a voice for peace, sanity and social justice in the world - not a junior megaphone for US expansionism and EU neo-liberalism, Communist Party general secretary Robert Griffiths said this week.

COMMUNIST CALL: General secretary Robert Griffiths urges CP members and supporters to take action on 10 July strikes. "The readiness of two million workers to strike this Thursday shows that the working class has not been defeated by the Tory-LibDem coalition for which nobody voted in 2010. They are determined to defend their pay, pensions, jobs and services.